Christmas becomes a battleground in some US towns
AFP: “In a town in Virginia where a key Civil War battle was fought in 1861, the battleground this year has moved to the courthouse and the prize being fought over is Christmas . . . In Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a manger scene and menorah were removed from the grounds of the Luzerne County courthouse last week after civil liberties groups threatened to sue over what they saw as government endorsement of religion.”